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In the yard in which is situate the Presbyterian church, on Wood street, is the grave of the celebrated Indian chief, Redpole, well known, in early days, to the pioneers of the west. Ilis epitaph, as chiselled on his head- stone-the words in open order, as usual-gives his cha- 8*
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racter: Mio-qua-coo-na-caw, or RED POLE, principal village-chief of the Shawanee Nation, died at Pittsburgh, 28th January, 1797-Lamented by the United States."
Ideas sometimes become associated, by reason of cer- tain mediums, although of themselves they have no bearing upon, nor are they of affinity to, each other .- " A Mr. Wallace sculptured some of these stones -- he has a son who manufactures buhr mill-stones-I have un- derstood that he is a second Thom, and will pay him a visit"-thought I-and I accordingly made a call. I found Mr. Wallace in his shop; and, ou expressing a de- sire to look at some figures, the product of his chisel, which I was informed he sometimes gratified the curious with a sight of, I was invited into his house ;- and on a table, in the parlor, the first object which met my eye, was the bust of SHAKSPEARE! There was no mistaking it-the features, costume, mustaches-all-all were the bard's. This was only one of four which this self-taught artist had executed; two of the others being of Wash - ington and Franklin, and the third a miniature one of Napoleon-the three latter he had disposed of, at such inconsiderable prices, I should infer was his meaning, as were far below what he thought his time and talents me- rited. The materials were of fine free stone, of a dead lead color, and were quarried from a hill within a short distance of his house. Mr. Wallace is about 25 years of age, five fect ten or eleven inches high, ruddy complexion, high forchead, and sandy or reddish hair .- He is a native of this city, but his parents are Scotch; he insists, however, that every particle of his composi- tion is American. He purposes executing a groupe,
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during the winter, of the heads of the different ex- Presidents of the United States.
There are thirteen papers published here at this time, two of which are daily, two others purpose to be, and the remainder are hebdomadals. The " Pittsburgh Gazette" is the elder, and was established by John Scull and Jo- seph Hall, the first number bearing date July 26th, 1786. I particularly examined the file of those early numbers, and in a hurried range with my mental eye, looked at Pitts- burgh then and now! The sheets of the Gazette were of a demy size,* with three columns of small pica and long primer on a page-the " subscription, 1786 per annum." "Advertisements of a square, inserted three times for a dollar, and a quarter of a dollar for each con- tinuance." This was the first paper established on the western side of the Allegheny mountains. The present proprietors are Messrs. Craig and Grant."
*Had the " GAZETTE" continued to increase in size, since its es- tablishment, in proportion as Pittsburgh, it would at this time have exceeded, in that respect, any paper of the " AGE."
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LETTER V.
Pittsburgh continued-Statistics of 1536-Steam boat building- Rolling Mills-Iron Foundries-Flint Glass-Window Glass and Hollow Ware-Cotton Factories -- Rope Walks-Paper Mills- Chemical Factories and White Lead Works-Linseed Oil-Plough making --- Mechanics generally -- Commerce -- Miscellaneous- Cards of Address of Merchants and Manufacturers.
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 19th, 1836.
I have deferred, until near the termination of my so- journ here, to say any thing particularly on the subject of Manufactures, at least to show the amount of their productive value. I design to do so in this communica- tion, so far as my data will permit, as well as to append to it the Cards of Address of such merchants and manu- facturers, of known respectability, (and I have not re- ceived the cards of any others,) as have authorised me to do so. 1
In a previous letter, mention is made of this having, at one period, been a place of ship-building; and that, in due course of time, and to keep pace with the im- provements of the age, to which steam boats have con- tributed not a little, those engaged in that species of en- terprize, or others who succeeded them, abandoned the vocation of building and sending ships down the rivers, and invested their funds in steam boat stock, or applied their hands to the construction and building of those vessels. As has been before stated, the first on the western waters was built here, and launched in 1811 .- Since that period, after the lapse of some two or three years, with a view of ascertaining how far the new en-
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terprize might be profitable, the business of steam boat building was entered into, and for the last twelve or fif- teen years, the numbers built and finished on those wa- ters have amounted to some hundreds. I am in posses- sion of their names, but the list would little more than serve to gratify an idle curiosity-in another place, I will furnish a list of such as are at present on the west- ern waters, and in good repute.
The number enrolled and licensed, at this port, during the present year, (politely furnished by the surveyor, J. Clark, Esq.,) is 64-their burthen, by custom house measurement, exceeding, by a fraction, 8,000 tons- averaging 125 tons each boat-the total value of which may be set down at about $960,240-averaging about $15,000, the cost of each boat. This number does not em- brace all which have been launched; for there are at this time some 8 or 10 along side of the wharf, in company with those laid up for winter, which are in considerable forwardness towards completion : among those are the Paris, the Ariel, Asia, Kansas, and some others, all of the larger class of boats, and designed as well for the Mississippi as the Ohio waters. But by far the largest boat on the western waters, now launched, in great for- wardness, and designed for the spring trade, is the St. Louis. She is expected to measure nearly 600 tous, custom house measurement, and to carry upwards of 1,000 tons of merchandize.
There are 31 steam boats, at this time, along side of the Monongahela's bank, including the new ones, and one on the opposite side of the river.
The ceremony of the river putting on its winter gar- ment, occasioned great bustle ashore. The interlocking of
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drays-boxes and barrels tumbling and rolling in all di- rections-passengers hastening down the declivity- steam boats swinging and canting to accommodate their neighbors, puffing, incessantly, in various directions, which, were an "old sea dog" to have heard, without having been previously informed, would induce him to believe he was in a shoal of whales or porpoises. How- ever, the navigation has closed, and an icy barrier sepa- rates those in ordinary from those in commission.
I will now state, from the best data in my possession, something in reference to Manufactures in Iron; and first of the Rolling Mills, of which there are at present in operation, nine-another is being erected, which will go into operation next spring. The nine in question, owned by, viz: Messrs. Leonard, Semple & Co .; G. & J.H. Shoenberger & Co .; Lyon, Shorb & Co .; Miltenbergers & Brown; Smith, Royer & Co; Bissell & Co .; Beeler & Co .; H. S. Spang & Son; and Lippincott & Brothers, consume annually about 2,000,000 bushels of bituminous coal, which, by the aid of about 1,000 hands, convert 20,000 tons of iron blooms, and 8,000 tons of pig metal into bar and sheet iron, steel, nails, spikes, saws, spades, hoes, wire, &c .; the productive value of which may be set down at $4,160,000.
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It may be a source of interest, as well as amusement, to know something of the minutia of operation in some of the foregoing establishments.
At the Kensington Iron Works and Wire and Nail Factories of Messrs. Leonard, Semple & Co. 2,500 tons ' pig metal and 500 tons blooms are used annually, and 250,000 bushels of coal and coke ; employment is given during the same time to 170 hands. There are in opera-
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tion two engines, the larger of 180 horse power, which propels a set of large rolls, making all kinds of round, square and flat iron ; a set of small rolls, for rolling all sizes small round, and square and hoop iron ; a pair of nobbling rolls ; and two sets plain rolls for rolling boiler and sheet iron-besides the blast for refining metal- The smaller is of 60 horse power, for propelling a set of small rolls for rolling wire rods and other small sizes of iron ; ten nail machines ; and the necessary machine- ry for drawing sixty tons wire annually, of all descrip- tions. Twenty hands are employed in the wire and nai! factories.
At the Pennsylvania Rolling Mill of Messrs. Milten- berger & Brown, situated at the corner of Wayne street and Duquesne way, 3500 tons pig metal are annually converted into iron, and 1500 tons Juniata blooms into nails; it gives employment at the same time to 110 hands ; consumes daily 1,000 bushels coal and coke ; has in use two steam engines, one of 180 horse power and the other of 80, which give motion to 15 nail machines, 1 pair nobbling rolls ; 1 do. smooth rolls ; 1 do. bar rolls ; 1 do. chill'd rolls ; 1 do. roughing rolls ; 1 set small rolls ; : 3 pair shears ; and 1 cylinder blast.
The Juniata Iron Works of Messrs. G. & J. H. Shoen- berger & Co. are situated in the Northern Liberties, at which are annually manufactured about 4,000 tons of best Juniata blooms into the following kinds of iron, nails and steel, viz : 600 tons small round, square, fat and hoop iron ; 600 tons boiler, fire bed and sheet iron ; 600 tons nails and spikes of all sizes ; 200 tons blister steel ; and 2,000 tons bar, round and square iron of all sizes. One engine of 120 horse power and another of 60, are
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kept in operation-180,000 bushels coal are annually con- sumed, and employment given to from 80 to 100 hands.
The Sligo Works and Rolling Mill of Messrs. Lyon, Shorb & Co. are on the south side of the Monongahela river, opposite Market street, and give employment to 90 operatives, consume annually 220,000 bushels of coal, and manufacture 4,000 tons of iron and nails.
At Messrs. Lippincott & Brothers' Rolling Mill are annually used 800 tons blooms, 75, 000 bushels coal, and employment given to 50 hands. The manufactures consist of 15,000 kegs nails; 200 dozen mill and cross- cut saws ; 800 do. steel hoes ; 3,000 do. shovels and spades ; and 500 do. steel hay and manure forks.
The Iron Foundries, Steam Engine Factories, and Machine Shops, are eighteen in number, two only of the latter that are not immediately connected with, or ap- pended to, the former. These establishments consume annually upwards of 500,000 bushels coal and coke, give employment at the same time to upwards of 1000 hands, convert from 10,000 to 12,000 tons of pig metal into va- rious descriptions of castings, from a cannon, through mill-gearing, down to a butt-hinge ; and manufacture up- wards of 3000 tons of bar iron into boilers, and divers other articles of machinery, the productive value of which may be estimated at $2, 130,000.
The following particulars, in reference to the opera- tions in a few of the establishments, will give an idea of the business transacted in all.
The Penn Foundry and Steam Engine Factory of Messrs. M'Clurg, Wade & Co. is situate at the corner of O'Hara and Water streets, in the Northern Liberties, and is the only foundry to the west of the Allegheny, at
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which locomotive steam engines, heavy cannon and field artillery, are made. Besides these, however, there are manufactured rail-road cars and rail-road ma- chinery of all kinds ; engines for steamboats, mills, and manufactories ; gun carriages, cannon balls, shells, grape and cannister shot ; and castings and mill machinery .- The establishment has in operation three steam engines, of ten, thirty, and thirty-five horse power ; gives constant employment to 290 workmen ; consumes annually 75,000 bushels of coal, uses 1600 tons of pig metal, 150 tons of bar iron, and 20 tons of steel.
Mr. John Arthurs, of the firm of Arthurs, Stewart & Co. at their Foundry, corner of 2d and Short streets, built, this present year, fifteen steam engines and forty- four boilers, for the following boats, viz : Sandusky, Tre- mont, Prairie, Savannah, Havana, New Lisbon, Newark, Lily, Rochester, Gen. Wayne, Pavilion, Masillon, Co- lumbian, Oceola, and London-has 74 men employed, consumes annually 25,000 bushels coal, and uses from S to 400 tons pig metal within the same period. Engines, only, are manufactured at this foundry.
The Eagle Foundry, owned by Messrs. Arthurs Nicholson & Co. (the senior of the firm being the gentle- man named above, ) is situated at Kensington, a short distance up the Monongahela river, near the Gas house. It consumes annually 65,000 bushels of coal, uses from 1200 to 1500 tons of pig iron, and employs about 56 operatives. The castings are various ; the warehouse, at which they are sold, is on Liberty street, head of Wood street.
Messrs. Bemis & Co. made within the present year, 26 steam engines, four of which were for boats, all the
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others for land, and were of various capacities as to pow- er, the cylinders measuring from 5 to 24 inches in diame- ter, and having from 21 inches to 5 feet stroke. Besides which they manufactured within the same time, 6 plane- ing machines, 2 condensers, 1 carding machine, 1 jack of 120 spindles, 1 hemp picker, 1 wool ditto, 1 satinett loom, 2 framing machines, &c. all amounting in value to about $60,000. This establishment has one engine to drive lathes, which consumes about 15 bushels coal daily, and employs from 50 to 60 hands. It is to be removed to St. Louis the ensuing spring.
Messrs. Stackhouse & Tomlinson, are Steam Engine builders, and from the 25th May, 1835, to the same pe- riod, 1836, built 10 engines and 34 boilers for the fol- lowing boats, (the number of boilers corresponding to each) viz : Coquett, 2 boilers ; Quincy, 3 ; St. Peters, 3 ; Oswego, 3 ; Pittsburgh, 4; Kentucky, S ; Pawnee, 4 ; United States, 7 ; Pioneer, 3; Troy, 2-total num- ber of engines, 10-total number of boilers, $4. The steamboats Columbus, Huntress, Choctaw, Olive Branch, John 'T. Lamar, Galena, Potosi, Wisconsin, Chian, George Collier, Vermont, Gipsey, Camden, and Rienzi, were all furnished with their engines from this establish- ment. About 15,600 bushels of coal are annually con- sumed, 250 tons pig metal used in the foundry, and 50 operatives in constant employment.
One other Steam Engine establishment, that of Messrs. Warden & Benney, as its operations have been some- what more varied, its details will perhaps be the more in- teresting, and therefore in that form are given. This es- tablishment manufactured the present year, fifteen en- gines for steamboats, and eighty boilers-three of the
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boilers were each 18 feet in length, all the others from 20 to 25 feet each-one of the boilers was only 20 inches in diameter, 2 of 34 each, and all the others $8, 40 and 42 each. Five of those engines and 32 of the boilers, one of which was a 25 inch cylinder and 7 feet stroke, were transported by wagons, each wagon drawn by six horses, to Cleveland (135 miles) and to Erie, (125 miles) for the Clinton, and other boats, on Lake Erie, of the Troy and Erie line. This establishment gives employ- ment annually, to about 70 operatives ; consumes in the same time about 30,000 bushels coal ; and uses about 400 tons pig, and 200 tons bar iron-pays weekly, for wages, $500. The amount of work executed this year, exceed- ed $140,000. .
Messrs. Freeman & Miller employ about 25 hands .- Their operations are confined altogether to castings for steam engines, stoves, grates, and all kinds of heavy work ; for this purpose about 600 tons pig metal are an- nually used, and 60 bushels of coal, per day, consumed.
The Pittsburgh Foundry, situate on the corner of 5th and Smithfield streets, and owned by Messrs. Kingsland & Lightner, converts annually about 1,000 tons metal into castings for rolling-mills, engines, stoves, ploughs, &c .- consumes in the same time about 18,000 bushels of coal, and from 12 to 15,000 bushels of coke-and em- ploys between 60 and 70 hands. Sales are chiefly in the Western market.
At all of the above establishments, 'and other similar ones, as far as I could learn, an eye is particularly had by the proprietors to the conduct of the employed .- Nothing like intoxication is permitted, nor quarrelling, or "skulking." In the event of such being the case, the
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parties are immediately discharged. The time of com mencing and terminating work for the day, is understood by all parties, and submitted to cheerfully. The use of ardent spirits is interdicted-and the only " striking for wages, " is striking of the right kind, lawfully, with the hammer. Wages range from S9 to $10 per week, and a good moulder sometimes gets 11 or S!2. Board is $2.50 per week. Laborers get from :5 cents to a dollar a day.
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The manfacture of Flint Glass is prosecuted here to a greater extent, than in any other city in the United States. It was in 1812, and here, where the first manu- factory, of any consequence, was carried into operation. Col. O'Hara, in 1798, established the first window glass works, and in 1814, there were five glass houses, three for green and two for white, in full blast. Flint and green glass were made at that time in great perfection, and the style of the cutting and engraving were not sur- passed in Europe. The furniture of the apothecaries' shops, was then as it has continued ever since, the manu- facture of the place.
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The materials which enter into the composition of flint glass, are not all to be procured in this vicinity, but are brought, many of them, from thirty to an hundred miles distant. Many of the mechanics are Europeans, who have great experience. They were sent for expressly by the enterprising proprietors, who pay them high wages, with a view that the article which passes through their hands, shall fully compare, in any respect, with the best article of the kind in this or any other country. The various productions of those establishments, which are to be met with at the warehouses of the proprietors, (and I presume all through the country,) are evidences that they
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have fully carried their purposes into effect. The works in operation at this time are those belonging to Messrs. Bakewells & Co .; Robinson, Anderson & Co. ; Curling, Robinson & Co. ; Park & Campbell ; O'Leary, Mulvany & Co. ; and Whitehead, Ihmsens & Phillips.
The above establishments as arranged, (as a note informs,) according to their seniority in business, con- consume annually 310,000 bushels of coal ; employ 440 . hands, and their annual productive value may be esti- mated, as will hereafter in part be shown, at about $560,000.
Messrs. Robinson, Anderson & Co. of the Stourbridge Flint Glass Works, at Kensington, near the city line, immediately opposite the Gas house, have a furnace with 11 pots ; employ 65 men and boys ; consume annually 50,000 bushels of coal ; and keep in operation a steam engine of 10 horse power, for the cutting of glass and grinding materials. They estimate their works as ca- pable of producing, per annum, $90,000 worth of glass- ware.
The Pennsylvania Flint and Black Glass Factories, and Birmingham Vial and Window Glass Factories, belonging to Messrs. Whitehead, Ihmsens & Phillips, and C. Ihmsen & Co. " comprise four of the largest glass factories in the country, and are located in Birmingham, one mile from the city of Pittsburgh, on the opposite side of the Monongahela river. A covered bridge and M'Adamised turnpike connect it with the city. The Flint glass house has in operation 1 steam engine, of 15 horse power, and 5 horses; consumes annually 60,000 bushels coal; employs 4 principals, 2 book-keepers, S clerks, 2 engravers, 3 mould makers, 2 pot makers, 12 9ª
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" The Black Bottle Factory, for the manufacture of
1 Champaigne, Claret, Wine, Porter, and other bottles, Demijohns, Carboys, and Druggists' ware generally, is the only one of the kind in the western country, and bids fair to reward the enterprize of the proprietors .- Here are employed 12 blowers, (who were all brought from the celebrated black bottle factories in Bristol,. England,) and about 20 other hands. The weekly pro- duct is about 1,600 dozen bottles of various kinds, and the annual consumption of coal about 50,000 bushels. - Productive value S60,000.
" At the Fial Factory are manufactured annually 112,600 groce of vials, assorted sizes, from 1-2 drachm to 16 oz .. and 60 groce of flasks, oil bottles, and hollow ware. The consumption is 25, 000 bushels coal, and 550 cords of wood, annually-and 14 blowers, 8 assistants, and 10 other hands are employed. Amount of manu- factures, SSS,500.
" The Window Glass Factory manufactures annually 5,500 boxes first quality window glass, of sizes ranging from 6 by 8 to 24 by 30 ;- some of the glass made at this factory, is very little inferior to the best crown glass. It consumes annually 50,000 bushels coal and 200 cords of wood-and gives employment to S blowers, 8 assist- ants, and 10 others. Product of this establishment, $$8,500."
The preceding statement was furnished by the enter- prizing proprietors, at my request, and its details may
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be interesting. Believing that such will be the case, they are given.
The communication which follows, is in accordance, as it purports to be, with a request made of the gentle- men of the very respectable house of Bakewells & Co. to favor me with such statistical matter, in reference to the operations of their establishment, as they might deem expedient, without in any measure compromitting their interests. I stated to them my object. In due time a letter was addressed; and, although I might otherwise introduce the matter, yet I can perceive no impropriety in giving it in its original form:
" PITTSBURGH, 17th Dec., 1836. " Mr. Lyford,
" Sir-In conformity with your request for some information respecting the rise and progress of our Establishment, for the Manu- facture of Flint-Glass, we would briefly observe, that it is the oldest of the kind now extant in the United States .- That at its com- mencement we had the proper materials to discover-workmen in every branch to seek, or make; and many other difficulties, (nc- cessarily attendant upon a new business) to encounter, which no- thing but the most persevering industry could overcome.
" We have pursued the business in this city for nearly thirty years-have had the honor of making sets of glass for two Presi- dents of the United States-of making a set of splendid vases of cut glass, to adorn the saloon of General LA FAYETTE, at La Grange -of having received the silver medal, awarded by the Franklin Institute, for the best specimen of cut glass-and, above all, of pos- sessing, as we flatter ourselves, the confidence of our numerous western friends, for punctuality and fidelity in the execution of their orders, to a degree not exceeded by any others.
" Our Furnace was built in 1829, and has ever since been in blast, excepting an interval of five weeks, last summer, whilst undergoing some repairs; and, from present appearances, it may last seven years more.
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"Believing that from the length of time our establishment has been known, further particulars are unnecessary,
"We remain, sir, "Yours, respectfully, "BAKEWELLS & CO."
Of the other Glass establishments, whereat are manu- factured Window and Hollow Ware, beside those enu- merated above, there are probably two or three, of which I can learn nothing, except that their operations are not very extensive. There are three or four in Birmingham, at which are consumed annually 65,000 bushels coal, and employment given to 160 hands-their productive value amounts to $500,500; which sum, added to the yield of the establishment of Messrs. Whitehead, Ihm- sens and Phillips, makes the amount to be $637,500 .- The result of all may therefore be estimated at $00,000 bushels of coal consumed annually ; 420 hands em- ployed; and for the non-enumerated, (one of which is Mr. W. M'Cully, whose Card will be found among others of this city, ) assuming the sum at $62, 500, and the total product will be S700,000.
Six Cotton Factories comprise all that are doing busi- ness at this time-it is expected inore will go into opera- tion in the spring. Those, at present, are entitled the Pittsburgh Cotton Factory, Eagle Cotton Works, Hope Factory, Phoenix Cotton Factory, Union Cotton Factory, and Globe Factory. Their total amount of spindles is 28,900; number of operatives 1,030; about 2,100,000 pounds cotton are annually converted into 1,032,000 yards brown shirtings, &c., and into yarns from Nos. 5 to 24-and 224,000 bushels coal are consumed in the same time. The productive value of these establish- ments may be estimated at something like $500,000.
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